Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jun 15, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

After three weeks of the World Series of Poker the tournament series has started to settle in. The early controversies about declaring your actions at final tables, rescheduling a final day, and even questionable retweets on Twitter seem to have fallen by the wayside, and the tournaments andRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on May 18, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With their plans to purchase Full Tilt Poker having fallen by the wayside, Groupe Bernard Tapie has decided to push back its launch of the International Stadium Poker Tour (ISPT) until 2013. The tour, which features the innovative combination of both online and live play, was slated toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 27, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »
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Where to begin! When the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final is pushed off the front page you know it’s been a busy week in the world of poker. By far this has been one of the most interesting weeks of 2012 in terms of poker newsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Apr 14, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

With a £1 million guarantee, the latest stop on the PokerStars UKIPT tour in Nottingham was destined to see a big turnout. But even tournament organizers (with their ever-optimistic expectations) were likely surprised at the turnout for the event. A total of 1,625 players made their way toRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jan 30, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The inaugural PokerStars Turbo Championships of Online Poker (TCOOP) came to a close on Sunday, culminating with the $700 buy-in Main Event, featuring a $1.5 million guaranteed prize-pool. A total of 3,667 players registered for the tournament, blasting through the guarantee, and nearly reaching a total prize-pool ofRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 28, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

The World Poker Tour crowned its latest winner this past weekend, and despite a final table that boasted some of poker’s biggest names it was a local player, with an all-too familiar name who would take home the WPT Marrakech title. Oddly enough, one of the poker superstarsRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 22, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Monday was a very long day of poker in Florida (where players can now bet on virtually anything thanks to the 2010 law expanding gambling to everything but volleyball betting it seems), as the 42 players that started Day 3 of the World Poker Tour Jacksonville Main EventRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Nov 18, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

It’s a small, select, group: Juha Helpi, Andy Black, JC Tran, David Benyamine, and now you can add Andy Frankenberger to that list after the reigning WPT Player of the Year captured the Party Poker Premiere League title on Thursday. Frankenberger navigated his way through the extremely talentedRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Oct 07, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

As one of the most prestigious tournaments in poker the 2011 PokerStars EPT London Main Event attracted a very tough field, with some of the biggest names in poker in attendance. However, in the end the big names would fall by the wayside, and the final table wouldRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 24, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

What 99.99% of poker players would consider a once in a lifetime score, Matt Gianetti will likely consider his $273,200 payday for winning the inaugural WPT Malta Main Event a very nice warm-up for a much more prestigious tournament, as the young poker pro has his eyes setRead Full Article